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This collection analyses Chinese protest movements and state responses.
List of contents
Part I. The Landscape of Protest and Resistance in China
1. Nonviolent Protest in China: Repertories of Resistance and Repression, Hank Johnston and Sheldon Zhang
2. Popular Protests in China, 2000-2019, Chih-Jou Jay Chen
3. Repertoires of Resistance in a Three-Gorges-Dam Migrants' Petitioning Campaign, Wing-Chung Ho
Part II. Political Opportunities and Constraints
4. Resistance and the Exclusion of Civic Activism, Xi Chen
5. Bureaucrat-Assisted Contention in China, Kevin J. O'Brien, Lianjiang Li and Mingxing Liu
6. Soft Repression and Protest Demobilization, Yue Xie
Part III. Environmental Protest
7. Mobilizing Environmental Protests in China, Setsuko Matsugawa
8. Brokering and Buffering Mechanisms: Participation in Environmental Protests, Yang Zhang
Part IV. Hong Kong
9. Hong Kong's Anti-Extradition Movement Learned the Lesson of the Umbrella Movement, Ming-shou Ho
10. Hong Kong's Tiananmen Vigil: Collective Identity and Mechanisms of Memory, Edmund Cheng and Samson Yuen
Part V. Religion, Protest, and the State
11. The Public Transcript and the Rise and Shutdown of China's Protestant 'Urban Churches', Carsten Vala
12. Religion and Participation in Protest Movements, Chengzhi Yi, Geping Qiu and Tao Liang
About the author
Hank Johnston is Professor in the Department of Sociology at San Diego State University. He holds the Hansen Chair of Peace and Nonviolence Studies and coordinates the Peace Corps Prep Program at SDSU.
Sheldon X. Zhang is Professor in the School of Criminology and Justice Studies at the University of Massachusetts. He is currently serving as an expert consultant to several organizations such as the International Labor Organization, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Freedom Fund, and Walk Free Foundation.
Summary
This collection analyses Chinese protest movements and state responses.